4. Lesson: A Charity Event

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charity event
You are attending a charity event which attracts multi-millionaires
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an event organized to collect money for a charity
donation
Before you ask for donations prepare to talk about your work.
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something, especially money, that you give to a person or an organization in order to help them; Pol. dar, datek, darowizna
part with sth
You don't like parting with your money and generally you don't like giving it away.
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to give sth to sb else, although you do not want to; Pol. rozstać się z czymś
demoralised (people)
Why should you support demoralised people, lazybones or the riffraff?
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Pol. wykolejeńcy
layabout
Why should you support demoralised people, lazybones or the riffraff?
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British English informal a lazy person who avoids work; Pol. nierób, obibok
(the) riff-raff
Why should you support demoralised people, lazybones or the riffraff?
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an insulting word for people who are noisy, badly-behaved, or of low social class; Pol. motłoch, hołota
donate
how much money you will donate to them.
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to give something, especially money, to a person or an organization in order to help them; Pol. darować
hard-earned money
However, you realise that donating to charity is good PR and is politically correct, so sometimes you are persuaded to give some of your hard-earned money to charity.
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Pol. ciężko zarobione pieniądze
to observe a rule
One of the unwritten rules that has to be observed at such events is that you are supposed to support all the charities
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Pol. przestrzegać zasady
left to your discretion
how much you will give is left to your discretion.
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If sth is ______ you have the right to decide what you want to do with it as you wish (Pol. masz prawo do decydowania o tym według własnego uznania
breeding ground
this creates an ideal breeding ground for crime
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a place or situation where something bad or harmful develops; Pol. pożywka
live from hand to mouth
living from hand to mouth
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to have only just enough money to buy food
live on the breadline
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to have a very low level of income which allows people to eat but not have any extra things
live on the streets
the homeless are living on the streets
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Pol. mieszkać pod mostem
take to sth
many of them take to drinking
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to start doing something regularly
guidance
they need constant encouragement and guidance how to get out of the vicious circle of poverty
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help and advice that is given to sb about their work, education, or personal life
a vicious circle
they need constant encouragement and guidance how to get out of the vicious circle of poverty
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Pol. błędne koło
drop out of society
they drop out society and become social outcasts
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to no longer belong to normal society
social outcast
they drop out society and become social outcasts
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Pol. wyrzutek społeczeństwa
parasite
if rehabilitated, they can become useful members of society and not parasites
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Pol. pasożyt

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